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Cardiff

Cardiff’s RWCMD becomes Fibonacci Quartet’s ‘second home’ to the delight of their captivated audience

29/11/2025 by Lucy Jeffery

United KingdomUnited Kingdom Various: Fibonacci Quartet (Luna De Mol, Kryštof Kohout [violins], Elliot Kempson [viola], Findlay Spence [cello]). Dora Stoutzker Hall, Royal Welsh College of Music and Drama, Cardiff, 27.11.2025. (LJ)

Fibonacci Quartet

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Accomplished RWCMD students present an enjoyable lunchtime concert in Cardiff

24/11/202529/10/2025 by Glyn Pursglove

United KingdomUnited Kingdom Jacob, Poulenc, Stravinsky: RWCMD Chamber Winds / Robert Plane (conductor). Dora Stoutzker Hall, Royal Welsh College of Music and Drama, Cardiff, 24.10.2025. (GPu)

Robert Plane (centre) leading a woodwind ensemble on a previous occasion

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Powerful and sensitive Shostakovich from Llŷr Williams in Cardiff

24/11/202520/10/2025 by Glyn Pursglove

United KingdomUnited Kingdom Shostakovich, Preludes and Fugues, Op. 87, Nos.1-13: Llŷr Williams (piano). Dora Stoutzker Hall, Royal Welsh College of Music and Drama, Cardiff, 16.10.2025. (GPu)

Llŷr Williams

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Thoroughly entertaining and illuminating Cardiff recital by Nicholas Daniel

24/11/202519/10/2025 by Glyn Pursglove

United KingdomUnited Kingdom Various: Nicholas Daniel (oboe), Catherine Milledge (piano). Dora Stoutzker Hall, Royal Welsh College of Music and Drama, Cardiff, 10.10.2025. (GPu)

Nicholas Daniel

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Natalya Romaniw shows us why she is the Tosca of the moment at WNO

09/01/202616/09/2025 by Lucy Jeffery

United KingdomUnited Kingdom Puccini, Tosca: Soloists, Chorus and Orchestra of the Welsh National Opera / Gergely Madaras (conductor), Wales Millennium Centre, Cardiff, 14.9.2025. (LJ)

Welsh National Opera’s Tosca © Dafydd Owen

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Choral works by Brahms and Stravinsky from BBC NOW in Cardiff

23/06/2025 by Paul Corfield Godfrey

United KingdomUnited Kingdom Brahms, Stravinsky: BBC National Chorus and Orchestra of Wales / Ryan Bancroft (conductor). Hoddinott Hall, Cardiff, 20.6.2025. (PCG)

Ryan Bancroft

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Fibonacci Quartet dazzle and move their audience in a well-conceived programme

16/05/202507/05/2025 by Glyn Pursglove

United KingdomUnited Kingdom Various, Life & Dance: Fibonacci Quartet (Luna De Mol, Kryštof Kohout [violins], Elliot Kempson [viola], Findlay Spence [cello]). Dora Stoutzker Hall, Royal Welsh College of Music & Drama, Cardiff, 2.5.2025. (GPu)

Fibonacci Quartet © Julia Bohle

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An enjoyable concert by the saxophone students of RWCMD saves the very best till last

03/06/202531/03/2025 by Glyn Pursglove

United KingdomUnited Kingdom Various: RWCMD Saxophone Choir and other musicians / Gerard McChrystal (saxophone, director). Dora Stoutzker Hall, Royal Welsh College of Music and Drama, Cardiff, 28.3.2025. (GP)

Gerard McChrystal

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